[Tech] Microsoft estende il supporto per Windows 98/SE /ME

Come riportato in un precedente post, Microsoft avrebbe dovuto terminare il supporto tecnico per Windows 98 e Windows 98 SE il prossimo 16 gennaio.



Ora la casa di Redmond - probabilmente in seguito alle pressioni di una significativa fetta della sua clientela, ancora legata alla piattaforma Win 9x - ha deciso di estendere il supporto tecnico per Windows 98, 98 SE e Millennium Edition fino al 30 giugno di quest'anno:

The software giant has extended support for the operating systems until 30 June, 2006. During that time paid over-the-phone support will be available, and "critical" security issues will be reviewed and "appropriate steps" taken.



Support for the Windows 98 family of operating systems was scheduled to end on Friday, with support for Windows ME due to expire in December this year.



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The support expiration dates for all three of the older operating systems was made the same in the interests of clarity, he said.



"We made the decision to also lengthen support for Windows 98 and Windows ME customers through the same date in order to provide a clear and consistent date for support conclusion for all of these older products," Beck explained.

Fonte: ZDNet.